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Jude Acers’ French Quarter Music Festival Picks PLUS an NPR Tiny Desk Contest Video
It’s music festival season in New Orleans. This afternoon a couple of Jude Acers favorite local bands perform at the French Quarter Music Festival. Gal Holiday and the Honkey Tonk Revue perform at the Esplanade Stage at 2 p.m. while The Iguanas hit the Abita Beer Stage at 3:45 p.m. […]
Morphy Chess & Cultural Center Opens in New Orleans
Via Chess Life Online: The Morphy Chess & Cultural Center (“Morphy”) celebrated its grand opening in New Orleans on Friday, April 5 with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, tandem simuls and one heckuva party! The opening was the start to a weekend of chess where Louisiana would be running multiple events […]
The Road Machine Hits Waller, TX [Updated] 1
BONUS: Kangaroo Man in Waller sends along pictures from a recent Waller High School chess tournament: Bonus 2: John Himsel sends more pics (“Here are pics of the top 3 lady finishers”):
Throwback Thursday: The Death of Capablanca
From March 8, 2007: José Raúl Capablanca, World Chess Champion, 1921-27, died on this date in 1942. Wikipedia article: On 7 March 1942, he was happily kibitzing a skittles game at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York when he collapsed from a stroke. He was taken to Mount Sinai […]
Throwback Thursday: CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/April 5, 2017
ARTHUR BISGUIER DIES AT 87 THIS JUST IN FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES … America’s chess legend is gone. Chess grandmaster Arthur Bisquier, the last living witness to the entire 1950-2000 fabulous era United States grandmaster team of chess giants (RESHEVSKY, FINE, DENKER THE BYRNE BROTHERS, ROSSOLIMO, BENKO FISCHER, ADDISON, […]
A Happy Visitor to the World Chess Table + BONUS
Bonus: “FANTASTIC CHESS themed MUSIC ‘OH CAPABLANCA‘ video WITH LYRICS BY INTERNATIONAL CHESS THEMED SINGER COMPOSER JUGA. MUST BE HEARD TO BE BELIEVED,” Jude Acers. “THANKS TO THE FABULOUS JENNIFER SHAHADE FOR THIS EARS UP.”
ChessFlash World News/Jan 20, 2019 1
New Orleans professional chess master/monster Chesslab.com road machine Jude Acers to give huge Houston, Texas area ABSOLUTELY FREE CHESS LECTURE /EXHIBITION. EIGHT SCHOOLS VERSUS ACERS “Mr.humble” !!! Worldwide live media coverage … set for Waller, Texas High School from 4-8 p.m., Tue., February 26, 2019 …. absolutely free ALL SPECTATORS/MEDIA […]
The exact moment in 2011 when Jude Acers first saw Lynn Drury through the window … old location of Louisiana Music Factory
ACERS was to the left the camera as she did “City Life”:
Jude’s “Whistlestop Tour” Problem 2
Elwood: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark … and we are wearing sun glasses.
Jake: Hit it.
— The Blues Brothers
Jude with Don “The Mon” Westfall
Bonus from Don “The Mon” Westfall (“This Don Ellis and his Electric Big Band version was recorded live at Fillmore West in June 1970”):